CHAPTER 2 — The Fall Begins
CHAPTER 2 — The Fall Begins
The boardroom fell silent the moment I walked in.
Twelve directors stood as one.
Not because I demanded respect.
Because they already knew who held the final vote.
Daniel burst through the doors seconds later, breathing hard.
"You can't do this!"
No one answered him.
My chief legal officer calmly slid a folder across the polished oak table.
"Board Resolution 47-A."
Daniel snatched it.
His hands trembled.
"What is this?"
The chairman adjusted his glasses.
"Your immediate removal as Chief Executive Officer."
Daniel looked around the room.
"You're all making a mistake."
No one defended him.
Not one.
For years they had watched him take credit for decisions that weren't his.
Today...
They finally had proof.
I took my seat at the head of the table.
The seat that had always belonged to my family.
"I'll make this simple," I said.
"The company survived because hundreds of people worked tirelessly."
My eyes met Daniel's.
"Not because one man believed he was untouchable."
He slammed both hands on the table.
"I built this company!"
I smiled.
"No."
"You managed it."
"My family built it."
Silence.
The chairman activated the projector.
A timeline appeared.
Every acquisition.
Every merger.
Every expansion.
Each one carried the same name under Lead Strategist.
Elena Ward.
Daniel stared at the screen as if seeing it for the first time.
"I... didn't know."
"You never asked."
Outside the boardroom, employees began receiving an internal email.
CEO Transition Effective Immediately.
Within minutes...
May you like
The news spread through every office.
Daniel Harper had been removed.
